崦

Translingual

Han character

崦 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 山大中山 (UKLU), four-corner 2471₆, composition ⿰山奄)

1. A mountain in Gansu, where there is a cave into which the sun is said to sink at night

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 315, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8208
• Dae Jaweon: page 615, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 778, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5D26

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Chinese

trad.		崦
simp. #		崦

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (奄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
庵	*qoːm, *qoːb
鵪	*qoːm
菴	*qoːm, *qrom
馣	*qoːm
晻	*qoːmʔ, *qromʔ
唵	*qoːmʔ
黤	*qoːmʔ, *qraːmʔ
埯	*qaːmʔ, *qomʔ
淹	*qroːm, *qrom, *qom, *qoms
閹	*qrom, *qromʔ
崦	*qrom
醃	*qrom, *qom
掩	*qromʔ
奄	*qromʔ
罨	*qromʔ, *qoːb, *qob
裺	*qromʔ, *qoms
俺	*qromʔ, *qoms
腌	*qom, *qrob, *qob
殗	*qob
餣	*qob

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yān (yan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yan
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹
    • Yale: yān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ian
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jim¹
    • Yale: yīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jem

Rime
Character	崦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	央炎切
Baxter	'jem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjiam/
Li Rong	/ʔjɛm/
Wang Li	/ĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qrom/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	崦
Reading #	1/1
No.	14341
Phonetic component	奄
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	淹
Old Chinese	/*qrom/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 崦

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Japanese

Kanji

崦

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en)

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Korean

Hanja

崦 • (eom) (hangeul 엄)

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